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'“Okay, tell me which you want: To be able to fly or to be invisible.”
Alek, 7
'And so begins the tale of a family finding itself, told by each of its members as they discover powers they never thought possible, from the author of the acclaimed Things We Didn’t See Coming.' (Publication summary)
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Words of Great Worth
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 4 August 2012; (p. 30-31) This column comprises the judges' comments on the shortlisted works for the 2012 Age Book of the Year Award. (The list includes three titles, outside the scope of AustLit, by James Boyce, Paul Ham and Jane Gleeson-White.) -
Summer Reading
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , January no. 383 2012; (p. 22-23)
— Review of What the Family Needed 2011 single work novel -
[Review] What the Family Needed
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Monthly , November no. 73 2011; (p. 64)
— Review of What the Family Needed 2011 single work novel -
Kindred Complexities
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 December 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of What the Family Needed 2011 single work novel -
[Review] What the Family Needed
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3-4 December 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of What the Family Needed 2011 single work novel
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[Review] What the Family Needed
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 91 no. 3 2011; (p. 26)
— Review of What the Family Needed 2011 single work novel -
In Praise of Ordinary, Everyday Miracles
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 November 2011; (p. 25)
— Review of What the Family Needed 2011 single work novel -
Super Feats of Empathy
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 336 2011; (p. 52)
— Review of What the Family Needed 2011 single work novel -
Amazing Powers Can Open Windows
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12 - 13 November 2011; (p. 21)
— Review of What the Family Needed 2011 single work novel -
Pick of the Week
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 November 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of What the Family Needed 2011 single work novel -
Eyes Right
2011
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3 -4 December 2011; (p. 12) In a round-up of recent Australian and overseas publications,'Geordie Williamson advises on the season's most enticing reading' (p.12). -
Words of Great Worth
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 4 August 2012; (p. 30-31) This column comprises the judges' comments on the shortlisted works for the 2012 Age Book of the Year Award. (The list includes three titles, outside the scope of AustLit, by James Boyce, Paul Ham and Jane Gleeson-White.)
Awards
- 2013 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
- 2012 shortlisted The Age Book of the Year Award — Fiction Prize
- 2012 longlisted ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
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